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12 Comments to “Cultivate Simple 45: Further Fermentation”

Lemongrasson September 16, 2013 at 5:49 am

Monday afternoon my husband bought a bottle of freshly pressed sugar cane juice. We have been adding an ounce or two of cane juice to our green/fruit smoothies. Five days into keeping the bottle in the fridge, it started to ferment. That was the best tasting fermenting drink I’ve had. Next bottle I will add some sliced ginger to it.
I’ve made femented tamarind/ginger drinks………….add a, bunch of tamarind and sliced ginger to a jar, add water and some lime juice. Leave on counter top for a day, then place in fridge. Fermination takes place slowly.

Susy, you talked about “acid” foods, “tart” foods. My family won’t eat foods like sauerkraut and sour pickles. But the fermenting process doesn’t necessarily “sour” everything, does it – isn’t it more of a “brine” flavor?DebbieB´s last post ..Tour de Fleece 2013

Oh, I guess I meant “does everything that’s fermented in brine turn out to be tart?”

Personally I love sauerkraut, especially with pork cooked down in it. Haven’t eaten it in years, because of the family’s aversion – but doggone it, I should just fix some for ME!DebbieB´s last post ..Tour de Fleece 2013

In the red cabbage recipe, do you use balsamic in place of the apple cider vinegar, or do you use both? I was also thinking that was quite alot of brown sugar..perhaps the molasses would make it a little less sweet?

I actually use it in addition to the ACV (I sometimes use white wine vinegar too). I usually only use half the sugar. Give it a try with half the sugar and see how you like it. It’s also one of those dishes that’s much better the next day. Usually I make the cabbage one day and then reheat for dinner the next evening.

I just wanted to say thank you for mentioning our business! We are big fans of Chiot’s Run and hearing our business mentioned on the podcast means a lot to us. We really appreciate the support!Emily´s last post ..Back at Chicago Nettelhorst French Market

I started my first batch of acv. I just have been throwing peels and cores in some water in a half gallon mason jar…I let the peels/cores brown a bit and tossed them in water with a little sugar and I inoculated it with some Bragg’s acv. I only add a few inches of water to start and as I add more peels/cores I add a little more water. It is working-smells like acv and bubbling. I have a coffee filter over the top…it has been going for about 2 weeks. I didn’t really follow any directions specifically. I just remember reading about doing it with peels/cores and then Dawn told me she was going to try to make it that way.

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